A study conducted along the Southeast coast of India has unearthed a pressing environmental concern: the increasing risk of invasive species colonization on marine debris.
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2023
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New research suggests that exposure to a single seismic survey is unlikely to increase mortality or affect pearl production in adults of an oyster species farmed in Australian waters.
Ecology
Oct 13, 2023
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Australia has a big problem with plastic waste, with millions of tons of household and industrial plastics breaking down in landfill, rivers and the sea every year.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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From recurring harmful algal blooms—including brown tides—to catastrophic seagrass losses, fish kills and unusual marine mammal deaths—including the threatened Florida manatee—the Indian River Lagoon is environmentally ...
Ecology
Jul 18, 2023
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New research has found that the design of biodegradable fishing gear needs to improve if it is to help address the environmental and economic impacts of 'ghost fishing'.
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. When the researchers ...
Environment
Jun 13, 2023
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A UK city has become the first in the world to use city wide surveys to track plastic waste, in an effort to tackle plastic pollution.
Environment
Jun 9, 2023
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Seagrass, a group of aquatic angiosperms, grows in shallow waters in the coastal sea and contributes most of the primary production while participating in many important ecological processes. Heat stress threatens the survival ...
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2023
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Researchers from Kyushu University and Asahi Kasei Corporation have developed a new way to estimate the age of microplastics found in the upper oceans. The method involves a combination of analyzing plastic oxidation levels ...
Environment
May 15, 2023
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Researchers probing one Canada's most productive fishing regions have found the area off Nova Scotia's southern tip is littered with bundles of snarled rope, drifting lobster pots and abandoned buoys that foul the marine ...
Environment
May 11, 2023
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